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In Number Theory, Logic, and Cryptography

Magic Square of Squares

 

A square is magic if each of the rows, columns, and diagonals add up to the same total.  So, for example, the square

 

 

 

is magic, since every row, column, and diagonal adds up to 4035.  Of the nine entries, five (49, 169, 289, 1225, and 2401) are perfect squares.

The problem is to find a 3 by 3 magic square all of whose entries are distinct perfect squares, or prove that such a square cannot exist.

 

For further information, please see:

[1]  http://www.multimagie.com/indexengl.htm

[2] http://https://scholar.rose-hulman.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1299&context=rhumj

[3] http://mathpages.com/home/kmath417.htm

 

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